> On 1/29/2014 11:24 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: >> >> Chris J. Breisch <chris.ml <at> breisch.org> writes: >>> >>> No, I don't agree with that statement. I'd be more inclined to believe >>> that it's a bug in the command-line interface that doesn't allow you to >>> do what the GUI does. >> >> >> You can disagree all you want, the source of setup makes it pretty clear >> that all packages in category Base must always be installed, regardless of >> any other choices the user made. And that's in fact what the GUI does too >> (it goes through exactly the same code path), only that you're later able >> to >> deselect the "binary" package without setup checking for whether you do >> this >> on a Base package (note you can't uninstall or skip a Base package, so >> that >> you can defeat this via other means is the bug I was talking about). > > > While I won't comment on whether this feature of the current setup is a > good one or not, it was an intentional addition meant for the power user. > It apparently is not reflected in the command line interface and shouldn't > be used as a common installation technique. Circumventing the normal > dependency checking done by setup has the very real potential of leaving > you with a broken installation. I believe this is the reason Achim calls > this feature a bug in setup's GUI. If you want a working installation > and you aren't willing to deal with the problems this feature of the GUI > may present, don't use it. > > I hope this explanation helps clear up the question of why there could be > a difference in the installation size depending on mode used.
Yes, it helps. It seems like "base category" is "like a dependency" of bash ... , which can be bypassed with the setupGUI. Thanks a lot for your time. > -- > Larry > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. >> Q: Are you sure? >>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
